Schuler Sidney Ruth, Hoang Tu Anh, Vu Song Ha, Tan Hung Minh, Bui Thi Thanh Mai, Pham Vu Thien
Empowerment of Women Research Program, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC 20009-5721, USA.
Cult Health Sex. 2006 Sep-Oct;8(5):383-94. doi: 10.1080/13691050600858924.
Vietnam has advanced far beyond most other developing countries and, indeed, surpasses many developed countries in adopting a legal framework based on gender equality, and in creating institutions and programmes to support women's advancement. Inegalitarian gender norms have also persisted, however. The Vietnam Women's Union promotes women's educational, political and economic advancement but simultaneously exhorts women to pay attention to their Confucian role of maintaining family hierarchy and harmony. This paper presents findings from qualitative research examining gender relations at the grassroots level in central Vietnam. It argues that the Vietnam Women's Union could support women more effectively by promoting greater diversity in gender norms and by initiating a public discussion to address the pressures women face in trying to achieve ideals that are often experienced as contradictory and unattainable.
越南在建立基于性别平等的法律框架以及创建支持妇女进步的机构和项目方面，已经远远超越了大多数其他发展中国家，甚至超过了许多发达国家。然而，不平等的性别规范依然存在。越南妇女联合会推动妇女在教育、政治和经济方面的进步，但同时也劝诫妇女要注重自身在维护家庭等级制度与和谐方面的儒家角色。本文展示了对越南中部基层性别关系进行定性研究所取得的结果。文章认为，越南妇女联合会可以通过促进性别规范的更多样化，并发起一场公开讨论，以应对妇女在努力实现那些常常被视为相互矛盾且难以企及的理想时所面临的压力，从而更有效地支持妇女。
